5 Nov
2010
5 Nov
'10
10:51 a.m.
Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
From what I remember, the protocol allows it - and I seem to recall using
some SGI systems that did this. Whether any modern commodity OS supports it
though, I don't know - e.g. I think as recent as three years ago, Linux would
barf if you tried to do it; the kernel code[1] just wasn't designed with the
possibility in mind. Perhaps that's "fixed" now.
[1] I think it may have been a driver issue rather than a fundamental problem
with the core SCSI code, though - nobody coded the drivers to expect it,
because nobody out there was crazy enough to be doing it :-)
I do. :) I
don't much relish the idea of connecting a big thick
SCSI cable between two computers when the connection is going to end
up being temporary. It just sounds like a pain.
BTW, may I ask some stupid questions about SCSI here?
- Can I connect one computer to another thru SCSI? - Can I connect a 80-pin device to a 50-pin
controller?
I've done it, but I'm not sure if it's part of the spec and therefore that you
can expect it to work with whatever devices you throw at it.
- Where to find cheap cables and HP sleds? :)
This is SCSI we're talking about - you don't want to be using cheap cables :-)
cheers
Jules